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Word: jolt (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An act of jolting.
  • A surprise or shock.
  • slang a narcotic injection
  • slang a prison sentence

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Verb:

  • intransitive To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
  • transitive To knock sharply; to deal a blow to.
  • transitive To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
  • transitive To shock emotionally.
  • transitive To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert; as, to jolt someone out of complacency

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